{"product_id":"9780763643324","title":"Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEWBERY MEDAL WINNER! Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaidens, monks, and millers’ sons — in these pages, readers will meet them all. There’s Hugo, the lord’s nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant’s daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There’s also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd — inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany — this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007208472816,"sku":"9780763643324","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780763643324_p0.jpg?v=1763656885","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780763643324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}